Wow, I can’t believe it’s been more than a year already! Time flies apparently. A little over a year ago I filmed my first 3 scenes with Brent Corrigan, and a few months later I was cast for the big blockbuster GRUNTS and everything just went crazy. I signed an exclusive contract with Raging Stallion and what a year it has been. Tons of new friends and adoration (and some creepy adoration too I have to tell you, lol). But now it’s time to turn this page and embrace new things.

It’s been news for a while now but I wanna talk about it anyway since it hasn’t been mentioned anywhere neither by me or Raging Stallion Studios – I’m no longer an Exclusive. I’m flying solo, as I like to say. The truth is that there was nothing wrong with Raging Stallion and I believe from their side, there was nothing wrong with me either. We shot a series of great movies together, but I wanna experience the industry, work for other companies, with other models and also do porn in a different way.

The decision came at the end of September when my contract ran out with them. I called Kent and in a long conversation we decided it was the best decision for me. I’m gonna miss everyone at the studio. From grips and their magic fingers (Hi Matthew!) to talent photographers and directors. I don’t think I’ll be ever able to go back to San Francisco without stopping at the studio to say hello to my friends. I’m gonna miss Geof Teogue and P. Cooper and the awesome hugs we gave each other. I’m gonna miss Scott Tanner and his sense of humor, Kent and his advices and insights in this industry. Chris and Ben for all the good direction I always got from them. I wouldn’t be anywhere in this industry if it wasn’t for these people, but mostly, I’m gonna miss Michael Brandon. Michael was my protector, my father figure at the studio, the guy that would listen to all my bitching and would accommodate most of them lol. By now we all know what happened to him and we are all deeply saddened by the story. ‘We’, those of us close to him, knew what was going on for a long time but always thought he would once again rebound and put it all behind. Unfortunately the news we have tells us a different story.

If Michael was still at the studio the story could be different today, I have to admit. After he left I felt like I had no one to go to. The truth is that I did. Kent was still there, Chris and Ben were still there, but it wasn’t the same. The bond I felt with Michael was different. To him I wasn’t just another model. I was his favorite model and that’s something that empowers you in one way or another.

It was clear for both sides that we still will work together in future projects but from now on I have the opportunity to make myself available to other companies as well. I have made some contact and hopefully I’ll have something new to report soon. I don’t need to name companies here. We all know what the big ones are… although I’m not against working for small companies or webcontent companies either.

The life of a non-exclusive is definitely not as stellar as an exclusive model. You have to do your own promotion and you also don’t get to be flown everywhere for private parties or promotions. True to that statement is the fact that I wasn’t at the Raging Stallion Party this year or the Folsom Street Fair. I am not complaining either, if you know me well enough, you’d know I’m not a party guy, I don’t go out much and, since the last year when I started to date (We just celebrated out first anniversary on Halloween), I stay home even more than I used to. I’m just trying to illustrate or demonstrate if you didn’t see me enough last year, you might see me even less this year LOL.

Luckily, the work I did for Raging Stallion is good enough to propel me head first into this business. I’m more aware of things now than I have ever been before and I know I can succeed. I also know that YOU will never let me down even if all I got is this blog to show for it.

Love to all and wish me luck

Luke

Ps: I forgot to mention the new pictures. I hope you guys liked it.

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